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KOIN 6 News @koin6.bsky.social · 5h

WATCH LIVE: Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley is holding the floor of the Senate to denounce authoritarianism.

Merkley holds Senate floor to denounce authoritarianism

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley is holding the floor of the Senate to denounce authoritarianism.

www.koin.com

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 5h

People should absolutely be writing about how ICE's occupation of their cities is transforming life in these places, and they should be publishing it in print on paper - not just social media posts. There needs to be a record of this. Things are changing in measurable ways for the worse every day.

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maxttb.bsky.social @maxttb.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you.

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Jeff Merkley @jeff-merkley.bsky.social · 4h

I’m holding the floor to say HELL NO to Trump’s attacks on our Constitution and our communities.

www.youtube.com/live/H1VL5Po...

LIVE: Senator Merkley holds floor to 'protest Trump’s threats to Democracy'

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 6h

i promise you “he seems ok except for the nazi tattoo” is not how you defeat fascism.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

Democrats should be drawing up legislation right now, this very minute, to bar Trump from helping himself to $230 million in taxpayer funds from DOJ. Challenge Republicans to hold a vote on it. Push this so hard in the media that every GOP Senate and House candidate is pressed to comment on it.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 9h

Next week on Pod Save America: Well, as you know, it's also widely used among some Buddhist and Native American cultures ...

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Heather in Chicago @heatherk.bsky.social · 10h

3 people taken from a house on Whipple near Montrose who were working on it. Neighbors filmed and shamed the officers. This is tough but neighbors came together to patrol, maybe we prevented more abductions. 💔

Heather in Chicago @heatherk.bsky.social · 12h

These cars have been driving around AP/Irving Park

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12h

Another reason for New Yorkers to vote for Mamdani?

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12h

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 12h

"The White House account has drawn only around 12,000 followers. More than 100,000 users have the account blocked."

makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: Inside the Trump Administration's Bluesky Invasion

Spoke with some administration officials who said the move was about "reaching new audiences." It's amounted to trench warfare.
www.wired.com/story/inside...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h

this also drives me insane, this idea that it is the most normal thing in the world for a young (white) man to have a nazi curious phase. it isn’t!

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 1d

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 13h

Dems, I bet of you, STOP VOTING FOR TRUMP JUDGES JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 14h

By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 13h

Also: OpenAI is now an also-ran behind *OPERA* and *PERPLEXITY*. What's next, gonna clone Snapchat? Gonna clone Horizon Worlds? Throwing spaghetti at the wall

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17h

Every Dem should be posting like this

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 1d

Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?

Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, Reuveni was a high ranking attorney within the DOJ before he was fired for refusing to sign on to false briefs and turned whistleblower. Courage and principles still exist at all levels except the very top.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump regime is going to continue to abuse its power by sending National Guard troops into our streets.

Although the Frog Army of Portland is undoubtedly well-prepared, we highly recommend reading up on how to interact with the Guard as it is different than engaging with ICE.

Learn more here:

Responding to Federal Occupying Forces

Click here for another version of this document optimized for readability and accessibility. Table of Contents (click to jump ahead) We the People are PISSED: statement/intro Situation Report: current...

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maxttb.bsky.social @maxttb.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing as how the NG are trained and they are volunteers who signed up with the intent of serving their country rather than to torture defenseless people, this could be an improvement. Maybe they'll keep the ICE riffraff away from the protesters.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to be included in @cosmopolitanmag.bsky.social's list of 2025 Gen Z trailblazers alongside @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and so many others. Thank you Cosmo!

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maxttb.bsky.social @maxttb.bsky.social · 1d

They're not going to start fights with protesters, they're way more professional than that. They volunteered for the guard in order to serve their country, not out of a desire to torture defenseless people.

maxttb.bsky.social @maxttb.bsky.social · 1d

And have a bonfire of all the tacky shit.

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maxttb.bsky.social @maxttb.bsky.social · 1d

And don't say "begs the question" followed by a question.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 2d

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

www.snopes.com

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 1d

Hi Melissa I'm not demanding ideological purity, I'm a trans man demanding that my civil rights not be sacrificed. I am demanding that I be allowed to live with dignity and with access to medical care that I depend on to survive. No one's civil rights are negotiable. Due process is not negotiable.

Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 2d

Folks demanding political / ideological purity fail to see that this is no longer a movement belonging to the left / liberals. This is an opposition against fascism. By definition it must be big tent. Failure to grasp this: see divided oppositions in Eastern Europe as your failed examples.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

New developments in my 3 year Epstein investigation, this time regarding JP Morgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. This is a long thread, but worth sticking around for.

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